To increase awareness about the value of concentrating on the good things in life as a way to develop a positive attitude.

To help one recognize the specific triggers of their PTSD, and their responses to those triggers.

To increase knowledge about a technique which is a combination of both psychoanalytic and social learning concepts, encouraging children with dysfunctional behavior to pay attention to their inner voices as a way to gain a sense of self-control and assurance.

To increase knowledge about a technique in which poetry is used as a catalyst to bring emotions to a higher level of self-awareness, and to give insight into problems relevant to therapy discussion.

To help fearful and shy children focus on why self-degrading statements may not be true, and ways to reframe these statements in a more positive way.

Increase recognition of symptoms and warnings signs of relapsing behavior, and to increase problem-solving in relapse prevention.

To increase knowledge about a technique where the child is invited to participate in role-playing and skits in which he reenacts relevant and sometimes painful aspects of his own history, while providing distance from his distress.

To increase knowledge about a technique where attempts are made to build or restore bonding between a child under age 6 and a primary caretaker by re-creating a sense of trust and unconditional bonding, so the child can associate other adults with positive nurturing and respond appropriately.